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Lightspeed Venture Partners

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Menlo Park · Seed–Late Stage · 68 people tracked

Also known as Lightspeed · Lightspeed Management Company, L.L.C.

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Investment thesis

Lightspeed positions depth as its defining principle, contrasting its approach with VCs that only superficially engage. The firm emphasizes deep commitment, hands-on involvement, authentic and transparent relationships, and enduring belief in founders through both good and difficult times. It aims to build lasting companies by immersing itself alongside founders as one global team, rather than funding passively from a distance. Lightspeed highlights its long-standing reputation as an early call for AI founders and notes a deepening partnership with Anthropic.

Invests inAI & Machine LearningConsumerEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSector AgnosticAsia-PacificEuropeGlobalIndiaIsraelMenlo ParkUnited States

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Late Stage
Check
$1.7M – $87M
HQ
Menlo Park, CA, US
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2000
AUM
$50B
Tracked investments
402

Team · 68 people

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Rahul Taneja· Partner
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Will Kohler· Partner
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Anuvrat Jain· Vice President, Growth Investments
Chase Emanuel· Scoutin
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Dat Han· Senior Associate
Nora Liben· Scoutin
Prateek Raj· Senior Associate
Priyal Motwani· Senior Associate
Rohil Bagga· Vice President
Romit Mehta· Vice President
Shreyam Desai· Vice President

What they invest in

from 168 of 402 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×77Enterprise Software ×64SaaS ×44Fintech ×33Developer Tools ×26Data & Infrastructure ×24Crypto & Web3 ×19Cloud Computing ×17

HQs:United States×115India×9Germany×3United Kingdom×2Brazil×1Canada×1

Investments · showing 401 of 402

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Nutanixnutanix.comin𝕏NASDAQ: NTNX

Nutanix provides a cloud infrastructure platform that enables organizations to run applications, data, and AI across hybrid environments including public clouds, private clouds, datacenters, on-premises, and edge locations.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Jose, US

Rajiv Mirani(Executive Officer)Howard Ting(Executive Officer)Michael P. Scarpelli(Director)Jeffrey T. Parks(Director)Dheeraj Pandey(Executive Officer, Director)Duston M. Williams(Executive Officer)

Board seatBipul Sinha· per SEC Form D

PersonalisNASDAQ: PSNLSEC filingmedium confidence

BiotechMenlo Park, US

Jonathan MacQuitty(Director)Patrick Balthrop(Director)Vincent Miles(Director)John West(Executive Officer, Director)Carol Tillis(Executive Officer)Ken Ludlum(Director)

Board seatJonathan MacQuitty· per SEC Form D · $15M raise · filed Jul 2017

eHealthNASDAQ: EHTH

HealthtechSanta Clara, US

Jack L. Oliver, III(Director)Cesar M. Soriano(Director)Derek N. Yung(Executive Officer)Andrea C. Brimmer(Director)John Hass(Director)Randall S. Livingston(Director)

Grabgrab.comin𝕏NASDAQ: GRAB
Guardant Healthguardanthealth.comin𝕏NASDAQ: GH

Guardant Health develops blood-based testing (liquid biopsy) for cancer detection and monitoring across all stages of the disease.

BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesRedwood City, US

AmirAli Talasaz(Executive Officer, Director)Warren Hogarth(Director)Michael Wiley(Executive Officer)Helmy Eltoukhy(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardSamir Kaul(Director)

Nateranatera.comin𝕏NASDAQ: NTRA

Natera develops genetic tests and diagnostics using cell-free DNA technology to detect diseases including cancers, genetic disorders, and transplant-related conditions.

BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices<UNKNOWN>

Matthew Rabinowitz(Co-founder & Executive Chairman)

NetskopeNASDAQ: NTSK

Cloud-native security platform (SASE/SSE) protecting enterprise data and users across web, cloud, and private applications.

Odyssey TherapeuticsNASDAQ: ODTX

Creating next generation precision medicines for patients with cancer and inflammatory diseases by targeting key signaling nodes.

BiotechCambridge, US

Valerie Odegard(Director)Jill Carroll(Director)Carl Gordon(Director)Jeffrey Leiden(Director)Charles Baum(Director)Gary D Glick(Executive Officer, Director)

Snapsnap.comNYSE: SNAP

Miami, US

Wei-Chun Tai(Director)Newton Porter(Executive Officer, Director)Taylor Auerbach(Executive Officer, Director)

PartnerBarry Eggers· quoted

AI-native ERPdualentry.comin𝕏✓ verified

DualEntry is an AI-native enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform designed to replace legacy accounting systems for mid-market to enterprise businesses.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York, US

Santiago Nestares(Co-founder & CEO)inBenedict Dohmen(Co-founder)in

Antaresrxantaresrx.comin𝕏✓ verified

Antares Therapeutics discovers and develops precision medicines, with a focus on small molecule therapies targeting previously undruggable oncology targets and other serious diseases.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechMedical DevicesCambridge, US

Adam Friedman(Chief Executive Officer)in

AppZenappzen.comin✓ verified

AppZen provides AI-powered finance software that automates invoice processing, expense auditing, and spend-to-pay workflows for enterprise finance teams.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintech<UNKNOWN>, US

Anant Kale(Co-Founder & CEO)Kunal Verma(Co-Founder & CTO)

Bouncemultiverse.ioin𝕏✓ verified

Multiverse develops workforce training programs focused on equipping workers with durable skills needed for effective AI adoption in the workplace, combining soft skills and cognitive competencies.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechEnterprise SoftwareFuture of Work

Euan Blair

Endor Labsendorlabs.comin𝕏✓ verified

Endor Labs provides application security tooling to identify, prioritize, and fix vulnerabilities in software development, with particular focus on securing AI-generated code and open-source dependencies.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsPalo Alto, US

Varun Badhwar(Founder & Co-founder)inDimitri Stiliadis(Founder & Co-founder)

Langfuselangfuse.comin𝕏✓ verifiedacquired by ClickHouse

Langfuse is an open-source AI engineering platform that helps teams build and monitor production-grade LLM applications.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareBerlin, DE

Marc Klingen(Co-Founder & CEO)inMaximilian Deichmann(Founder)inClemens Rawert(Founder)in

Matillionmatillion.comin𝕏✓ verified

Matillion provides a data integration platform for building and managing data pipelines to cloud data warehouses, enabling data teams to extract, load, and transform enterprise data for analytics and AI applications.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareDenver, US

Matthew Scullion(CEO)inEd Thompson(CTO)inSimon Finch(Director)Angela Warner(Newly appointed as of the date of this offering.)Andreas Welskam(Newly appointed as of the date of this offering.)Andy Vitus(Newly appointed as of the date of this offering.)in

Nexthopnexthop.aiin✓ verified

Nexthop AI develops networking infrastructure hardware and software optimized for AI and cloud workloads, serving hyperscale data center operators.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureHardware

Anshul Sadana(Founder & CEO)inAnshul Sharma(Founder & CEO)Prasad Eduri(VP Hardware Engineering)Ryan McBride(VP Software Engineering)Arthi Jayakumar(VP Product Management & Services)Ariff Tahir(VP Customer Engineering)

Stability AIstability.aiin𝕏✓ verified

Stability AI develops generative AI products for creating audio, image, video, and 3D content.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyEnterprise SoftwareLondon

Prem Akkaraju(CEO)Sean Parker(Executive Chairman)Peter O'Donoghue(Director)Zehra Qureshi(Director)Sri Viswanath(Director)James P. O'Shaughnessy(Director)

PartnerGaurav Gupta· quoted

Yugabyteyugabyte.comin𝕏✓ verified

Yugabyte develops YugabyteDB, a distributed SQL database designed for transactional applications that need high availability, scale, and consistency.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSaaS

Karthik Ranganathan(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Kannan Muthukkaruppan(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)

Abridgeabridge.comin𝕏SEC filingmedium confidence

Abridge builds AI software that converts clinical conversations into structured insights for healthcare providers.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech

Shiv Rao(Founder & CEO)Julia Chapin(Executive Officer)Sagar Sanghvi(Executive Officer)Andy Weissman(Director)Sebastian Duesterhoeft(Director)Will Reed(Director)

Board seatSebastian Duesterhoeft· per SEC Form D · $319M raise · filed Jun 2025

Alifsemialifsemi.comin𝕏SEC filingmedium confidence

Alif Semiconductor designs AI-enabled 32-bit microcontrollers and fusion processors optimized for low-power edge processing with high security.

AI & Machine LearningIoTSemiconductorsPleasanton, US

Syed Ali(CEO & Co-Founder)inReza Kazerounian(President & Co-Founder)inArif Janmohamed(Director)Mamoon Hamid(Director)

Board seatArif Janmohamed· per SEC Form D · $115M raise · filed Mar 2022

AOS Group Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

Los Angeles, US

Matthias Metternich(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Brian Lee(Director)Jeremy Liew(Director)

Board seatJeremy Liew· per SEC Form D · $18.9M raise · filed Dec 2020

AppDynamicsappdynamics.comin𝕏

AppDynamics (now part of Splunk Observability) provides full-stack observability and application performance monitoring for hybrid, on-premises, and multi-tier applications, helping enterprise teams troubleshoot performance and security issues linked to business impact.

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

David Wadhwani(Executive Officer, Director)Charles J. Robel(Director)Randy S. Gottfried(Executive Officer)Ravi Mhatre(Director)Dev C. Ittycheria(Director)Jyoti Bansal(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

Board seatRavi Mhatre· per SEC Form D

Archive Resalearchiveresale.coin𝕏SEC filingmedium confidence

Archive builds a platform that enables fashion brands to create secondhand marketplaces and embed circular practices into their operations.

AI & Machine LearningCircular EconomyE-commerceRetail TechSaaS

Emily GittinsRyan Rowe

Board seatAlex Taussig· per SEC Form D · $15.9M raise · filed Feb 2023

Arenaclub.com, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

Los Angeles, US

Board seatJeremy Liew· per SEC Form D · $6.5M raise · filed Feb 2025

Aspire Financial Technologies Holding, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

Singapore

Ryan Collins(Director)Lawson Emanuel(Director)Giovanni Casinelli(Executive Officer, Director)Andrea Baronchelli(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatBejul Somaia· per SEC Form D · $60M raise · filed Feb 2023

AXONIUS, INC.SEC filingmedium confidence

New York, US

Board seatArsham Memarzadeh· per SEC Form D · filed Mar 2024

Bitonic Technology LabsSEC filingmedium confidence

Bengaluru

Raghavendra Kumar Ravinutala(Executive Officer, Director)Jaya Kishore Reddy Gollareddy(Director)Devtosh Kumar Khare(Director)

Board seatRavi Mhatre· per SEC Form D · $78.1M raise · filed Aug 2021

Celonacelona.ioin𝕏SEC filingmedium confidence

Celona provides a turnkey wireless solution for enterprise customers with Series C funding exceeding $135M to support global expansion.

Advanced ManufacturingEnterprise SoftwareIoTRedwood City, US

Rajeev Shah(CEO)Matthew Howard(Director)

Board seatArif Janmohamed· per SEC Form D · $38M raise · filed Apr 2024

Clark, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

New York, US

Board seatAaron Batalion· per SEC Form D · $3.3M raise · filed Apr 2017

Dual Bird Technologies Inc.SEC filinghigh confidence

Westborough, US

Amir Gilad(Chief Executive Officer)David Gussarsky(Director)Ohad Gamliel(Chief Engineer)Ehud Eliaz(Chief Architect)Gilad Tal(Chief Technology Officer)

BoardGil Dibner(Director)

Board seatDavid Gussarsky· per SEC Form D · $16.5M raise · filed Aug 2025

eVariant, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

Farmington, US

Board seatChristopher Schaepe· per SEC Form D · $63.9M raise · filed Mar 2017

Exa LabsSEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Jeffrey Wang(Executive Officer, Director)William Bryk(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatGuru Chahal· per SEC Form D · $92M raise · filed Mar 2026

Excalibur CombineCoSEC filingmedium confidence

Broomfield, US

James Ephrati(Director)Seth Boro(Director)Collin Gallagher(Director)Pravin Vazirani(Director)David Weiss(Director)Chris O'Malley(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatJames Ephrati· per SEC Form D · filed Feb 2025

falfal.aiin𝕏SEC filingmedium confidence

Fal provides fast inference for generative AI models, particularly for image and video generation tasks like SDXL and Whisper.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCreator EconomyDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US

Gorkem Yurtseven(Founder & CEO)inBurkay Gur(Founder)in

BoardSteve Jang(Director)Jennifer Li(Director)Glenn Solomon(Director)

Board seatArsham Memarzadeh· per SEC Form D · $140.5M raise · filed Dec 2025

Fathom, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

Oakland, US

Board seatGalym Imanbayev· per SEC Form D · $46.6M raise · filed Jan 2023

Fiddler Labs, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

Palo Alto, US

Amit Paka(Executive Officer, Director)Krishna Gade(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardBilal Zuberi(Director)George Mathew(Director)

Board seatRaviraj Jain· per SEC Form D · $35M raise · filed Mar 2026

Forty Seven Incfortyseveninc.comin𝕏SEC filingmedium confidence

Board seatJonathan MacQuittyChristopher Schaepe· per SEC Form D · $75M raise · filed Oct 2017

Frontera Health, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

HealthtechDenver, US

Amol Deshpande(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardBilal Zuberi(Director)

Board seatGalym Imanbayev· per SEC Form D · $10M raise · filed Feb 2025

Goodfiregoodfire.aiin𝕏

Goodfire is a research company developing interpretability tools to understand and design AI systems.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Deedy Das(Director)Nnamdi Iregbulem(Director)Daniel Kang(Director)Tom McGrath(Director)Daniel Balsam(Director)Eric Ho(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatNnamdi Iregbulem· per SEC Form D

Gynesonicsgynesonics.comin𝕏SEC filingmedium confidence

Hologic develops medical technologies for women's health that detect, diagnose and treat health conditions across multiple countries.

FemTechHealthtechMedical DevicesRedwood City, US

Ken Haas(Director)Jonathan MacQuitty(Director)Karen Talmadge(Director)Mike Carusi(Director)Doug Fisher(Director)Christopher Owens(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatJonathan MacQuitty· per SEC Form D · $3M raise · filed Apr 2015

Harmony ITSEC filingmedium confidence

New York, US

Nitzan Shapira(Executive Officer, Director)Ran Ribenzaft(Executive Officer, Director)Yoni Cheifetz(Director)

Board seatYoni Cheifetz· per SEC Form D · $5M raise · filed Jul 2025

Hubilo TechnologiesSEC filinghigh confidence

San Francisco, US

Vaibhav Jain(Executive Officer, Director)Mayank Agarwal(Director)Hemant Mohapatra(Director)Guru Chahal(Director)

Board seatGuru Chahal· per SEC Form D · $126.4M raise · filed Nov 2021

JauntSEC filingmedium confidence

Palo Alto, US

Peter Gotcher(Director)Kevin Mayer(Director)Rick Hess(Director)Alex Taussig(Director)Li Ruigang(Director)David Anderman(Executive Officer)

Board seatAlex Taussig· per SEC Form D · $66.7M raise · filed Oct 2015

Ketryxketryx.comin

Ketryx provides an AI platform for regulated product development that automates documentation and traceability for medical device manufacturers and life science companies.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMedical DevicesSomerville, US

Erez Kaminsky(President)Jan Poschko(Director)Habib Haddad(Director)

Board seatGuru Chahal· per SEC Form D

LivdaySEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Hatim Khety(Director)Jeremy Liew(Director)Kevin Avery(Executive Officer)Sarah Peterson(Executive Officer, Director)John Peterson(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatJeremy Liew· per SEC Form D · $2M raise · filed Sep 2022

MuleSoftmulesoft.com

San Francisco, US

Gregory G. Schott(Executive Officer, Director)Ravi Mhatre(Director)Matthew Langdon(Executive Officer)Gary Little(Director)Ann Winblad(Director)Steven Collins(Director)

Board seatRavi Mhatre· per SEC Form D

Nuance Labs, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

Seattle, US

Board seatNnamdi Iregbulem· per SEC Form D · $60.8M raise · filed Mar 2026

Orca Bioorcabio.comin𝕏

Orca Bio develops allogeneic T-cell immunotherapies for high-risk blood cancers including acute myeloid leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia, and myelodysplastic syndrome.

BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesCalifornia, US

Jeroen(Co-founder and President)Alex Kolicich(Director)Ivan Dimov(Executive Officer, Director)Jonathan MacQuitty(Director)Nathaniel Fernhoff(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatJonathan MacQuitty· per SEC Form D

Palo Alto Health SciencesSEC filingmedium confidence

HealthtechDanville, US

Russell Siegelman(Director)Elizabeth Siegelman(Director)Debra Reisenthel(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatJonathan MacQuitty· per SEC Form D · $3.8M raise · filed Mar 2016

Pictureezcater.cominSEC filingmedium confidence

ezCater provides a platform for restaurants and catering businesses to grow orders through a marketplace, online ordering system, and delivery management tools.

B2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareFoodTechMarketplacesSaaSBoston, US

Douglas Suliman(Director)Christopher Cuddy(Director)P. Michael Masterson(Director)Stefania Nappi Mallett(Executive Officer, Director)Edward Briscoe Rodgers(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatArsham Memarzadeh· per SEC Form D · $103.4M raise · filed Dec 2021

PlexxiSEC filingmedium confidence

Nashua, US

Timothy Barrows(Director)Jamie Goldstein(Director)Christopher Schaepe(Director)Clark Masters(Director)Richard Napolitano(Executive Officer, Director)David Husak(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatChristopher Schaepe· per SEC Form D · $30.1M raise · filed Jan 2016

R2 Air Transportation SystemsSEC filingmedium confidence

Los Altos, US

John Paul Couluris(Director)Aaron Batalion(Director)Robert Wistar Rose(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatAaron Batalion· per SEC Form D · $8.5M raise · filed Sep 2017

Rothy’srothys.comSEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Stephen P. Hawthornthwaite(Executive Officer, Director)W. Roth Martin(Executive Officer, Director)Jeremy Liew(Director)

Board seatJeremy Liew· per SEC Form D · $473.2M raise · filed Jul 2022

SamparkSEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Karan Vaidya(Executive Officer, Director)Soham Ganatra(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardManav Garg(Director)Poorvi Vijay(Director)

Board seatRaviraj Jain· per SEC Form D · $24.5M raise · filed Apr 2025

Seelseel.comin

Seel is an AI-powered platform that helps global e-commerce brands and marketplaces manage post-purchase risks and returns through compliance-first solutions.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceFintechInsurTechSaaSSunnyvale, US

Zack Peng(CEO, Co-Founder)Mo Chen(CTO)Justin Overdorff(Director)Zhangsinong Liu(Executive Officer, Director)Rodolfo Gonzalez(Director)Bill Liu(Cofounder)

Board seatJustin Overdorff· per SEC Form D

Small Homes HoldingsSEC filingmedium confidence

Los Angeles, US

Jeremy Liew(Director)Nick Grouf(Director)Katie Eichten(Executive Officer)David Hada(Executive Officer)Steven Dietz(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatJeremy Liew· per SEC Form D · $3.3M raise · filed Aug 2021

Soda Health, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

Chicago, US

Robert Alan Knight(Executive Officer, Director)James Daryl Risinger(Executive Officer, Director)Christopher Elliot Brown(Executive Officer)Jared Dauman(Executive Officer)

BoardCaitlin Donovan(Director)

Board seatGalym Imanbayev· per SEC Form D · $54.2M raise · filed Dec 2024

ThoughtSpotthoughtspot.comin𝕏

ThoughtSpot builds data analytics and business intelligence software to make data accessible to organizations across industries.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Jose, US

Ajeet Singh(Director)Sudheesh Nair(Executive Officer, Director)Quentin Clark(Director)Sven Strohband(Director)Arif Janmohamed(Director)Ravi Mhatre(Director)

Board seatArif JanmohamedRavi Mhatre· per SEC Form D

Tintritintri.comin𝕏SEC filingmedium confidence

Tintri provides on-premises data management and workload management solutions with autonomous operations and AI-driven analytics for enterprise data centers.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMountain View, US

Adam Grosser(Director)Ian Halifax(Executive Officer)Jeff Horing(Director)Peter Sonsini(Director)Harvey Jones(Director)Christopher Schaepe(Director)

Board seatChristopher Schaepe· per SEC Form D · $124.6M raise · filed Aug 2015

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Fund performance · per public LP disclosures · 13

as of Sep 2025
FundVintageCommittedNet IRRTVPIDPI
Lightspeed Opportunity Fund III, L.P.LPs: California Public Employees' Retirement System, Orange County Employees Retirement System, Maryland State Retirement and Pension System20251.50x
Lightspeed SPV-ALPs: Orange County Employees Retirement System20252.50x
Lightspeed SPV-A 2LPs: Orange County Employees Retirement System20251.00x
Lightspeed Venture Partners Select VI, L.P.LPs: California Public Employees' Retirement System, Orange County Employees Retirement System, Maryland State Retirement and Pension System20251.60x
Lightspeed Venture Partners XV-A (Inception), L.P.LPs: California Public Employees' Retirement System, Orange County Employees Retirement System20250.90x
Lightspeed Venture Partners XV-B (Ignite), L.P.LPs: California Public Employees' Retirement System, Orange County Employees Retirement System20251.00x
Lightspeed Venture Partners XIV-A, L.P. (Inception)LPs: California Public Employees' Retirement System, Hawaii Employees' Retirement System202218.9%1.39x0.00x
Lightspeed Venture Partners XIV-B, L.P. (Ignite)LPs: California Public Employees' Retirement System, Hawaii Employees' Retirement System202224.6%1.44x0.00x
Lightspeed Venture Partners Select VLPs: California Public Employees' Retirement System, San Joaquin County Employees' Retirement Association, Baltimore City Employees' Retirement System +3 more20218.6%1.14x0.00x
Lightspeed Venture Partners VIIILPs: The Regents of the University of California, Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement System200832.1%1.68x1.68x
Lightspeed Venture Partners VIILPs: The Regents of the University of California, Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement System, Michigan Municipal Employees' Retirement System20058.3%1.43x1.43x
Lightspeed Opportunity Fund II, LPLPs: California Public Employees' Retirement System, Michigan Municipal Employees' Retirement System, Maryland State Retirement and Pension System22.9%1.36x0.00x
Lightspeed Venture Partners Select V, L.P. 2022LPs: Baltimore City Employees' Retirement System0.00x

Source: public limited-partner disclosures (CalPERS, CalSTRS). Net IRR / TVPI / DPI as reported by the limited partner; a fund's early-year IRR is an interim estimate (J-curve).

Frequently asked questions

What stage does Lightspeed Venture Partners invest at?
Lightspeed Venture Partners invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
What is Lightspeed Venture Partners's typical check size?
Lightspeed Venture Partners typically writes checks of $1.7M – $87M.
What sectors does Lightspeed Venture Partners focus on?
Lightspeed Venture Partners focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Enterprise Software, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
Where is Lightspeed Venture Partners located?
Lightspeed Venture Partners is headquartered in Menlo Park, US.
Does Lightspeed Venture Partners lead rounds?
Yes, Lightspeed Venture Partners leads investment rounds.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

featuring the team

Ravi Mhatre of Lightspeed Venture Partners on AI, Teleporation, and More - YouTube

New York Stock Exchange · Ravi Mhatre

Ravi Mhatre of Lightspeed Venture Partners | Episode 4 - YouTube

New York Stock Exchange · Ravi Mhatre

Inside the Mind of Jeremy Liew, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. - YouTube

Growth Hacker TV · Jeremy Liew

ETL Speaker Series: Ravi Mhatre, Lightspeed Venture Partners - YouTube

Stanford eCorner · Ravi Mhatre

Barry Eggers, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Randy Pond, Pensando Systems | Welcome to the New Edge - YouTube

SiliconANGLE theCUBE · Barry Eggers

Jeremy Liew, Managing Director, Lightspeed Venture Partners - YouTube

Shoptalk · Jeremy Liew

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$250K – $50M
Founders Fund

Founders Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in technology companies across sectors, backing companies such as Anduril and Palantir.

$500K – $5M
Craft Ventures

Craft Ventures is a venture capital firm founded and run by former founders, operators, and investors who provide startups with hands-on support, senior talent access, and proven scaling playbooks.

$50K – $50M
Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs from early stages through every stage of growth, publishing investment roadmaps across multiple technology sectors.

$5M – $100M
Accel

Accel is a venture capital firm that partners with exceptional founding teams, positioning itself as a first partner to startups globally.

$1.6M – $70M
Khosla Ventures

Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm known for backing bold, contrarian bets in world-class teams that can reshape entire industries.

$5K – $50M
Greylock Partners

Greylock Partners is a venture capital firm that backs founders at the earliest stages, often as their first investor before a product exists.

$100K – $200M
Techstars

Techstars is a startup accelerator and early-stage investor that funds ambitious founders and provides capital, mentorship, and access to a global network of investors, operators, and corporate partners.

$220K
New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is a venture capital firm that invests in and provides long-term support to founders building new companies.

$200K – $40M
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Growth PartnersWndrCoBINARY CAPITALCherubic VenturesE1 VenturesNeotribe VenturesEngineering CapitalGriffin Gaming PartnersLudlow VenturesOpenView Venture PartnersStripeIndicator VenturesSorenson VenturesAlchemy VenturesFontinalis PartnersFemale FoundersFounders Circle CapitalCultivation CapitalS3 VenturesStrata Capital PartnersDarling VenturesFocalFinTech CollectiveGrotech VenturesJohnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDCMaven VenturesPillar VCBlumberg CapitalIsairedalpineRedpoint eventuresTola CapitalTrust VenturesKindred CapitalAll Iron VenturesCervinMithril Capital ManagementOkta VenturesAutotech VenturesBek VenturesCongruent VenturesSyngenta Group VenturesTimespan VenturesAbingworthFirsthandVCGroup 11Market One CapitalAlpha EdisonEvolve VC FundsFin CapitalPatronPiva CapitalLightspeed India PartnersShield CapitalFlagship PioneeringMizMaa VenturesAlkeon CapitalCusp CapitalWellington ManagementOlima VenturesPreface VenturesBlueYard CapitalfinwayForm CapitalHuman VenturesPicture CapitalThomson Reuters VenturesVamosVentures7GC & CoBrewer Lane VenturesKfundNYU Innovation Venture FundPharos Capital GroupEarth and beyond venturesOne Planet GroupSnowflake VenturesTelescope PartnersThayer VenturesAudaciousBACKGROUND CAPITALAlbum VCDefine VenturesIn-Q-TelSwift VenturesCelonisFootPrint CoalitionMain Sequence VenturesHitachi, Ltd.Pegasus Tech VenturesSixThirty VenturesThe Fintech FundCharge VCStruck CapitalTalis CapitalTriangle Peak PartnersYL Ventures6 Dimensions CapitalStarting Line1955 Capital33NCrowdStrikeGreenfield PartnersJefferiesKaya FoundersNew Form CapitalCadenzaDorm RoomFathom CapitalGalaxy InteractiveGaldana VenturesNTT Venture CapitalProsperity7 VenturesVMG PartnersBase Case CapitalData TechHarpoon VenturesaMoonClear VenturesCVS Health VenturesGlade Brook Capital PartnersHealthQuest CapitalMatter Venture PartnersAvid VenturesRadian Capitalat.inc/ChainforestEntourage VenturesPath VenturesUltratech Capital PartnersAlpha Venture PartnersEnergize CapitalUpWest LabsWilshire Lane CapitalAlaya CapitalKaedan CapitalArtisanal VenturesBAI capitalCitadel Global EquitiesCollide CapitalMintR136 VenturesRiverwood CapitalAnicut CapitalCleveland AvenueSilvertech VenturesSource Code CapitalAvenir Growth CapitalBluebird VenturesIntudo VenturesQBE VenturesBharat FundFort Ross VenturesLG Technology VenturesMars Growth CapitalPassport CapitalVela PartnersWesterly WindsAuthentic Partners

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